Heart Home magazine Issue 12 - July 2014 | Page 43

“I was told tales about India and met lots of
people who spoke, dressed and cooked in a
way that intrigued me and made me wonder.”

“When I’m in the process it’s like I’m flying. Time
just passes in a flow of images and textures. All
the imaginative associations and fears of my
subconscious are there; they are the ones that drive
me to make the first marks. Then I go back over
them with a sterner eye and edit more deliberately.
It’s really satisfying…..it leaves me feeling clean”
he explains.

Rather modestly, David describes how his career
has taken off. “A couple of years ago I sent a novel
to an agent. At the time I had a drawing of a tiger
on my website. She saw that and showed it to her
friend who was a designer at Liberty, and that’s
how they came to commission me. That’s how
Queue for the Zoo came about.”

Queue for the Zoo is currently Liberty’s bestJust as you are being drawn in with these enigmatic selling fabric which depicts a delightful scene of
statements, David quickly pulls you back with a charming exotic animals, in an array of different
refreshing blast of pragmatism.
colours.
“By the way, none of this has anything to do with
how good the story or picture is!” He exclaims.
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